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Tel Aviv club attacker in police custody

August 30, 2011 09:18
Haoman 17 is a popular Tel Aviv club

By

Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

A Palestinian man is in police custody following a rampage on Saturday night at a Tel Aviv club which left eight people wounded, some of them severely.

Shortly after 1am outside the popular club Haoman 17, a man drove a stolen taxi through a police checkpoint. He then left the car and began stabbing partygoers and police.

Many of the 2,000 people at the club were students celebrating the end of summer.

Police, who at first thought the man was a drunk driver, have since described the incident as a terrorist attack.

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